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Helter Skelter Issue 1 Editor's Note
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If there were any people I would dedicate this issue to, it
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would be Trevor Davis, editor of Washington Commie Spotter(local
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zine) for the inspiration and help, and whoever puts out Small
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Victory (a half-sized punkzine out of the bay area). I'd also like
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to thank Nick and Ben for the art.
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Just in case any of you care, this probably won't come out
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on any set schedule, maybe once every 2-4 months. There's just
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too much going on. Anyway in this issue we've got three good
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artists and some nice articles this issue. I'll try to get some
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interviews next issue. (You know what's fun? Calling two
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different Domino's on three-way and hooking them together.
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Definitely good for a cheap laugh.)
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If you have anything (art, articles, zines, music, anything)
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send it to me. If it's art or articles I'll send you a free copy
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(two if I use it.) Zines I'll review and send you one of mine.
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Music I'll review (I'll give you some free advertising if I like
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it.) Also, any DC show info would be greatly appreciated. If it
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gets here in time I'll print it. If not I'll get some friends
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together and we'll go.
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If anyone has enough money to give me some "financial support"
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it would greatly increase quality and decrease cover price. I'll
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run free ads for bands,labels, and zines. Here's my address:
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Helter Skelter c/o
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Derek Teslik
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3519 Woodbine St
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Chevy Chase MD 20815
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Email:
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DerekTesl@Aol.com or
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Derek.Teslik@sbaonline.gov
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Get out and get involved
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---How to Build Your Own Underground Television Transmitter---
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---Using Commercially Available Parts---
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Yes, for some time now it has been possible to construct a
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clandestine television station, which you can operate from your
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Telecommando Lair, or modify for Mobile Media Guerrilla campaigns.
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We have named this device the Snow Box, due to its cool
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nature, and the snow seen on blank television channels waiting to
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be commandeered.To put together a TV station you will need this
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stuff:
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A VCR or Camcorder with video or RF outputs
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A Ham Radio 6-meter Band Linear amplifier
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(This boosts the RF signal from the VCR for broadcasting)
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(The Linear Amp should have a bandwidth of 6 MHz for best
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results)
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A cable television RF distribution amplifier may also be
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used.
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Coaxial cable with UHF connectors
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(Connects the Linear Amp to the Antenna)
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A cable-TV patch cable with an F-connector and a UHF connector
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(To connect the RF signal to the Linear Amp)
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(F-connectors are the small ones used with cable TV)
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(UHF connectors are the large ones used for Ham Radio)
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If your VCR does not have RF outputs:
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An external RF modulator (converts video to channel 3,6,12,
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etc.)
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A cable with RCA connectors (a standard stereo cord is OK)
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A 6-meter Ham radio antenna.
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If you do not have a pre-made 6-meter antenna:
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About 20 feet of strong wire 3 ceramic antenna insulators
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Another UHF connector
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Likely places to get the linear amplifier, connectors and cables
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are a Ham Radio swapmeet, a Ham club news-letter's classified ads,
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a Buy-Sell-Trade paper like The Recycler, or at a store
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specializing in Ham gear. RF modulators are available at
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specialty video stores, or major VCR dealers.
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Setting Up the Transmitter:
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Using a VCR with RF out:
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[VCR/RF]F------U[Linear Amp]U-------U[Antenna]
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weak RF Power RF
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Using an External RF Modulator:
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[VCR]R--R[RFModulator]----U[LinearAmp]U----U[Antenna]
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video weak RF Power RF
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Diagram Symbols:
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U UHF-connectors (Ham radio)
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F F-connectors (cable TV)
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R RCA connectors (stereos)
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--- coax, cables, wires
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[] devices (name of device in brackets)
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<I> ceramic insulator (the kind with a hole at each
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end)
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Building The Dipole Antenna:
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wire wire
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<I>---------------------+<I>+----------------------<I>
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Short coax | |
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[U] UHF connector
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The antenna is set up much like a clothesline with the
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wires tethered straight out horizontally. The outer insulators are
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used to isolate the antenna from the tether lines, which should be
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rope or nylon cords for good results. The inner insulator isolates
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a gap between the two long wires of the antenna.
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The length of the wires used for the antenna is critical.
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Look up the length in feet for the channel you want to use in the
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table below & make each of the two long wires that length. As a
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rule of thumb, a wire half-wave antenna's length in feet is equal
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to 468 divided by the frequency in MHz.
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VHF Television Channel Data
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TV MHZ ---carrier--- antenna
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channel range video sound lengths
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------- ----- ----- ----- -------
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2 54-60 55.25 59.75 8.47 ft
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3 60-66 61.25 65.75 7.64 ft
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5 76-82 77.25 81.75 6.05 ft
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6 82-88 83.25 87.75 5.62 ft
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7 174-180 175.25 179.75 2.67 ft
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8 180-186 181.25 185.75 2.58 ft
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9 186-192 187.25 191.75 2.49 ft
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10 192-198 193.25 197.75 2.42 ft
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11 198-204 199.25 193.75 2.34 ft
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12 204-210 205.25 209.75 2.28 ft
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13 210-216 211.25 215.75 2.21 ft
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(All frequencies in MHz)
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(Lengths are for half-wave antennas)
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For Further information: Look in the ARRL Handbook published by the
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American Radio Relay League for detailed plans & theory for
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antennas, transmitters & linear amplifiers. The info in that book
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can be used for setting up an underground AM or FM radio station.
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Public Education: Make a videotape of each step in the process of
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constructing your transmitter. Show this tape in your broadcasts,
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"For informational purposes only," of course.
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Short-burst zipping: From a fixed or mobile base of operation show
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short snippets of graffiti-like computer graphics, quick subliminal
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messages, images & suggestions, or brief manifestos. Commercials
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are an opportune time to break into TV broadcasts.
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Cable TV Piracy: With modifications it may be possible to feed the
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power RF signal directly into a cable TV system, overriding
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cablecasts or commandeering unused channels.
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Mobile Operation: Using storage batteries and a 110-volt inverter
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the transmitter may be modified for mobile use to avoid detection
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by the FCC during long broadcasts. Battery operated mobile linear
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amps and portable camcorders are also available.
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anarchy!
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anarchy \ann-ar-KEY\ [ML anarchia, fr. Gk.
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fr. ararchos, having no ruler, fr. an +
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archos ruler] 1c: a utopian society made up
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of individuals who have no government and who
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enjoy complete freedom. [taken from
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webster's new collegiate dictionary].
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NOTE: this is the definition in which i use the word
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'anarchy' through out this article unless specified as anything
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other. the reason being, the word 'anarchy' directly means
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'without ruler.'
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quite flexible.
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contrary to popular belief, anarchy, on the whole, has intent
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and ethics (what?!?!) for the good of the people. to start out
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i'd like to state that 'blowing shit up' is NOT anarchy. anarchy
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is a political belief and is not necessarily connected with
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violence, about as much, if not less than any other political
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system. to put it bluntly, 'blowing shit up' is exactly that and
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nothing else (unless of course, you are a surrealist).
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anarchy has an appeal to "young people" because we tend to have
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this thing about rebellion, truth is, most don't understand that
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anarchy is very hard to achieve and requires society as a whole
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to share a similar belief. which is a very difficult task, it
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takes complete participation of the members of the society and a
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different state of mind. the idea of non-violence poses a
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problem due to the commonly stated phrase "violence is natural
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human behavior" that i believe to be true, but that is not
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something to be proud and has been proven to be a changeable
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behavior. people are violent because they don't care enough to
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be non-violent, and in a society that offers no hope, is corrupt,
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apartial, owned by the rich few, etc. violence is viewed as
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wrong, but "since life sucks anyway, why not?" one undoubted
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cause of our violent society is due to the content on television,
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i'm sure you've all heard the "a child has viewed 1500 murders
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before the age of twelve" statistic. not only that the "faster
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than the eye can see" advertising techniques of half-naked,
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young, white women on beer and car commercials after a
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gratuitously violent program must contribute to the growing rise
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in rape.
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anarchy CAN be achieved. the common argument is that it is
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against human nature to have a successful anarchistic culture for
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a long period of time, or "it'd be fun for a little while until
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someone creates a military and it becomes fascism" that would be
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common in a small tribe situation, one tribe conquering the other
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tribe. but we are a world of 5+ billion people, telecommunications
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are a common house-hold object in many countries, people are
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dependent on a source of information every day, if we, as a planet
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tried, anarchy would succeed.
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i must agree if all governments fell, in the condition that we
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are in now, it would be a disaster, that is the reason i chose
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the word *achievement* of anarchy, implying that a successful
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utopian anarchistic society takes effort and not simply the
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destruction of government. this effort is not hard to come by,
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for an example: religion. if people with religious beliefs were
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doing their part for anarchy in the name of jah, or allah, or god,
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or jehovah, or shiva, or elvis, or FOR THE HELL OF IT, anarchy
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can and will be achieved. or else extinction of the human race.
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anarchy must be maintained though, thus we must influence the
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rich and or powerful to not control us with an oligarchy,
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monarchy, dictatorship, etc. by threatening them with revolution.
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they create apartheid, we create chaos, they do not compensate us
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in a socialist behavior, we burn the mother fuckers in the
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street!
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we have achieved much in this world so far. partial liberation
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of women and basically anyone else except a white, heterosexual,
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christian male in many "first world countries." we must achieve
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complete liberation of those that have no negative effect on the
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world (those who do not fit in this category:
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murderers, rapists, thieves, etc.). and the solution for the
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"baaad" people i just listed, is re-education, social support, and
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a less manipulative atmosphere in an attempt for prevention of
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crimes.
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now, some of this may sound like the ideals of democracy and
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socialism, and their is a reason for that, these ARE the ideals
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of democracy and socialism. though, in my opinion, democracy is
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a failure and socialism is good, so why not better (anarchy)?
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the US has one of, if not THE, highest crimes rates of the world.
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proving democracy faulty, and like i said, anarchy would be in a
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similar situation in this society. the achievement of anarchy is
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the cure for that, it would provide proper motivation to evolve
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into a higher (no pun intended), peaceful, and free existence.
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many people are still oppressed today, racism, chauvinism,
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homophobia, etc. are still concepts shared by many people in the
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world. calling for a more efficient education. but no matter
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how much you learn in school, it is nothing compared to what you
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learn on television or in the street (guess which one is a
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reflection of the other. wrong). our rulers and law enforcers
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are very major contributors to this situation, and like wise must
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be illuminated against hatred and greed. many of the laws today
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are unjust and profitable to the ones that make them. including
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the 'drug' laws, especially the ones pertaining to addictive
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'drugs'. for an example, a popular drug among rich, white
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businessmen is cocaine, a popular drug among oppressed black
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people in the ghetto is crack, a different process of preparing
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cocaine. the amount of crack for a sentence of, say, ten years
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is 1/100 or so the amount of cocaine for ten years. not only
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that, the speculated drug use and or abuse of 'drugs' in the
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white community which makes up about 70% of the US populace is
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around 70%. the speculated use and or abuse of 'drugs' in the
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poor, inner-city, "non-whites" which makes up about 20% is, *drum
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roll* 20%. the arrests in the inner-city are 90-95%. an example
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of the corruption of those who are supposed to protect us.
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open your mind, and abolish your hatred and fears, and by all
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means don't oppress someone. we do not have to live in the state
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that we are in, and if you are not feeling the un-pleasantries of
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capitalism, you will if you are not one of the 1% that is causing
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this shit to hit the fan. so liberate yourself before you are
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oppressed (it's easier that way) and liberate others that are
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oppressed.
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rise above.
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The Problem With American "Justice"
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Over the course of human history there have been two main
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types of laws. The first type, disciplinary, are created to punish
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and rehabilitate those who effect the lives of others and impose
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on their personal freedoms. The others, preventative laws, are
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used to keep people within the accepted moral bounds of society.
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While disciplinary laws are used to preserve the freedoms of the
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great part of society, preventative laws are used only to limit
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freedoms and fit the country's citizens into a pre-defined mold
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Disciplinary laws include those outlawing murder, assault,
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discrimination, etc. In other words, these are the laws that
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protect the average citizen from those that would seek to harm
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them, and when these offenders are found, to rehabilitate them.
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This kind of legislation is unfortunately needed to keep the
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populace from becoming excessively violent and self-destructing
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(Judging by the social climate and the news they haven't worked
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too well.) Although not always just, these laws are sadly a
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necessity.
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Preventative laws include those outlawing drug use, certain
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kinds of sexual contact, and other kinds of social behavior that
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affects no one but the offender. These are laws that try to
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replace a strong set of morals. As such, they are made to conform
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to the current societal standards of conduct, and not to those
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rights that this country was founded upon. Because drug use and
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sexual contact, when consentual, are personal issues to whoever
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undertakes these practices, the legislature has no grounds to
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regulate them.
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Don't get me wrong. Whenever there is a crime committed
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against another person the offender should be punished to the full
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extent of the law. If we removed from jail those who were not put
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in jail because of a disciplinary law, the overcrowding problem in
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the prisons could be alleviated. Those who were a danger to society
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could be removed from that society and rehabilitated, not put back
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on the streets in a matter of years.
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Those who are seen as a danger to themselves only should be
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left to their own devices. Society should not pay $40,000 a year
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or more to have an individual removed from the populace who is
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not threatening to that populace as a whole. In fact, drug users
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and sexual deviants are less likely to be "rehabilitated," because
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they will less often believe that their own actions are wrong.
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By making deviants criminals, society is implementing a
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form of thought crime legislature. "If you do not think as we do,
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you are wrong. Even if you hurt no one except possibly yourself,
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you should be incarcerated." This is exactly the beliefs the
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founding fathers were running away from in England. To keep these
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kinds of laws on the books is a disgrace to both the people and
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the founders of our country.
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Jesus was a Punk
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Last night I was watching a TV Minister for some amusement
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and I was surprised at the similarity many of his ideals had to the
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"Punk Dogma." This particular sermon was titled "As you sow, so
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shall you reap." After listening for a while I was amazed at how
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familiar his words seemed after reading so many DIY (Do It
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Yourself) articles. In the local community I'm seeing some people
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sowing, but many us "reaping" and complaining about the harvest.
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True, the DC punk scene is not what it was in the 80's. I've heard
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a lot of people saying it's dead and gone (I wouldn't go that far.)
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I guess it's just moved on. There's a LOT of interest out there,
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and all people need to do is get involved.
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Whatever you want to do, I can personally guarantee you are
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not alone. Even if you're not ready to get up and start something,
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support your local scene. Every dollar you use to buy a 7", a
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zine, local art, or a ticket to a show will be better spent to
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improve the scene than if you buy some major-label album or go see
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Stone Temple Pilots or Pearl Jam or something. Of course, if
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there's nothing you want to support, make something. I'm not
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writing this just to get it out or make money(actually I'll
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probably go broke doing this) but to give some exposure to local
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bands, labels, and movements and my friend's art and to get my
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ideas out there and considered. I might even inspire some people
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to do things.
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Help your own. Go and learn to play. Write out your ideas
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and send them to some zine or write your own. Start a label for
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your band and your friend's bands. Most importantly, go out and
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do it. You are not alone, and there are people that can and will
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help if you tell them about it. But use your initiative and make
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a difference. And hey! if Jesus said it, it must be true.
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My America
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The moment in history that now and forever will belong to me
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is that of the early Nineties. These are the Clinton-Bush years,
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a time when two leaders with opposite rhetoric embrace strangely
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similar policy. Hypocrisy seems to be the guiding force of
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presidency. Patriotism has died. The country is not the land of
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freedom and liberty as the songs call it, but in the big cities it
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is a land of warfare. Our presidents gladly war with countries
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overseas to take the attention of the populace away from the
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battles in our streets. This destruction is both a distraction
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from and an excuse for ballooning budgets. These wars are fought
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not in the fields but on CNN and CBS, as are the occasional battles
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on the home front, such as those in L.A. and Mount Pleasant.
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Everything is for sale, although no one but the Japanese has the
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money. Jobs are scarce, and the metropolitan areas have more people
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than they know what to do with. Gun control advocates slowly eat
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away at the second amendment while guns eat away at our inner
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cities. The quest for racial unity has led only to more
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separation, as people stress their differences than their
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similarities. There is a "black" culture and a "white" culture,
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but no clear american culture. The underground has become the
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mainstream. There is no longer a thirst for information, for now
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we are drowning in it. Technology has finally taken its throne as
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leader of our lives. Young people seem to be caught in the grip
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of something between confusion and apathy. Rebellion is labeled
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and prepackaged. Life is the present, and a bleak present at that.
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The only promise is that of five hundred interactive channels and
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a microwave you can talk to. New gadgets keep us always living in
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the future, while we gripe about loosing the past. No one can
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program their VCR.
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A while ago the Yippies wrote "100 ways to screw
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your school" it's dated, but still worthwhile. I'll
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include a few each issue. consider it an incentive to
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keep reading. There are some good ones later (77 is
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great)
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(1) Get a syringe (minus needle) or similar device. Mix both
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tubes of epoxy glue with a little rubbing alcohol. You now have
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about half an hour to fill locks, door jambs, soap dispensers,
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drinking fountain nozzles, video tapes, etc., before glue hardens.
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This glue can also be placed on the outside of doorknobs and tops
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of chairs for a sticky surprise. If you can't get the epoxy glue
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and syringe, a tube of airplane cement can also be used although
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it is not as permanent.
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(2) An alternative use for the syringe is to pretend to shoot up
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while a teacher is watching. If they speak to you tell them you
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have to do it because school is so horrible
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(3) Call the school and leave the phone off the hook. The way
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some (but not all) phone systems work this will tie up their phone
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for as long as yours is off the hook.
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(4) Protest U.S. aid to reactionary regimes abroad by defoliating
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plants around the school or by digging a bomb crater on the front
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lawn.
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(5) Draw or paint something obscene on roll down maps or
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slide/movie screens.
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(6) Get some of the punch cards that your school uses for taking
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attendance. Punch new holes in them either with a keypunch machine
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or a screwdriver. Then switch the cards with others wherever they
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are stored. If you can figure out the code the cards are punched
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by this has even more possibilities. You can often be just as
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effective without actually repunching the cards by redistributing
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them a few days after you collect them (particularly when they're
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used for attendence).
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(7) Start an information service to get new students opinions and
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warnings about the teachers and administrators before enrollment
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day.
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(8) Bad food? Have a good old fashioned food riot.
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(9) In gym classes or in hallways between classes have massive
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searches for 'lost' contact lenses telling people not to walk
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through the hall or 'you might step on it'. Pretending you've
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lost something is good cover for all kinds of subversive behavior.
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(10) Buy some little metal number plates and switch around
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classroom and locker numbers. This works very well if you can find
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number plates that look exactly the same as the old ones.
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(11) If your school still has a dress code protest it having
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everyone do something disruptive that does not violate the code.
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For example, dye your hair green with food coloring. If you still
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have to wear uniforms, try wearing them back to front in protest,
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or dare boys and girls to wear each other's uniforms. If this
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doesn't work, try a blanket protest. You could also try posting
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up the article, 'Take Off Your Clothes' from 'How Old Will You Be
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In 1984?' or passing it around. It provides good arguments about
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why there should not be a dress code.
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(12) Free all the animals in the biology classroom.
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(13) Write a 'consumer report' on the 'education' you've been
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consuming. Distribute it to parents at school functions and post
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it on hallway bulletin boards.
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(14) Periodically have students go to the office to have some
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rumor confirmed or denied.
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Music Review
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If you've got music send it to me and i'll review it (&free
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ads if i like it). There is very little in life that could be
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better than that, right? And if i don't like it I'll pass it on
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until it ends up in the hands of someone who does. And either way,
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free exposure. Untill i get stuff sent to me I'll pretty much
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review whatever I've bought lately and some of it is a bit old, but
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who really cares, right?
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pitchblende --KILL ATOM SMASHER
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Cargo Records (I couldn't find an address on the case, so if any
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of you know it, please send it in. It did have an address for the
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band for"booking, hate mail, etc.": PO Box 65627 Washington DC
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20035-5627) CD, 54 min, 1993
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There are 22 tracks on the cd, but about half are little 1 minute
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interludes and instrumental shit betweent tracks. It keeps the
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whole thing flowing, and it's a good touch. This is one of those
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cds that takes a few listens to get into your head. When it gets
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there it's kind of like scrambled eggs. Not always coherent, but
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you got a good solid piece of work. At points the false stops are
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overdone, but when it's playing the music is good. Unfortunately,
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many of the songs do sound somewhat similar, but its not a bad
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sound.
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Scream -- Still screaming -- Dischord (you know the address)
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Ok, OK, this record did come out 11 years ago, but it's one of the
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best ever and people might forget about it. This is the classic
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caffeine driven punk from days of old, before david Grohl (ex-
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nirvana) invaded the drumming spot. Anyway, this stuff is amazing,
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and they even have a ska/reggae tune called American justice. I
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repeat, BUY THIS RECORD, NOW. If you don't like it send it to me
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and I'll pay you for it. this, along with minor threat, shows why
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the early dischord releases were so amazing.
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Shorts:
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Pennywise, unknown road -- Buy it, good
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Shudder to think, get your goat -- Not worth it.
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Hamster Compilation (I spy, worlds collide, ashes, load) on Level
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-- Buy it, Good.
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Circus Lupus, Anything -- Buy it, good.
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Dumb european fanzine comp(forget the name) -- Sucks.
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minor threat,scream , anything -- buy it all
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Like i said, I have nothing to review, and I don't spend my money
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on records so send me your shit and I'll review it and pass it on
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(or send it back). Otherwise I'll just keep telling you things
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you already know.(like scream is amazing)
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Show Reviews:
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Revision, Pure Seeking, Corm, Red Out
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@ Grog + Tankard Late February
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Hmm. Not a bad show overall. Revision played well, but
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something about their sound is a bit less than appealing. Good
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talent, mediocre music. The crowd was dead, too. There's
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something unifying about everyone getting up and dancing; shared
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experience i guess. Well during revision the crowd had to be
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ordered off their asses literally. Pure seeking has a more
|
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interesting sound. The vocals did get a bit Eddie Vedderesque,
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but it fit well. Their showpiece was a 8-min. solo with an Indian
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feel. It was this that finally got some people dancing, and that
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made me happy. Anyway, what i saw from Corm was less than stellar,
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and i decided that i had gotten as much of my money's worth as i
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was going to get by that point (didn't want to stay for corm, and
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red out i had seen the week before) so i left. worth the $5
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i guess, but not much more.
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Ashes/Grip/Eternal @ Blsck Cat
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February 27 marked the release of Ashes' second EP, called
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Hiding Place. To mark this hallowed event Ashes headlined their
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first hardcore show, with Eternal and Grip opening for them. The
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show also marked the end of the hardcore matinees held at the Black
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Cat due to fighting and some moron who tagged the bathroom. To
|
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those who are the culprits of such events I give a hearty and well
|
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deserved "Fuck You."
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|
The show began with Eternal, a band featuring the now defunct
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Gauge's guitarist as its singer. All I have to say is that if
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Gauge had any reason to stay together it would have been to keep
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this band from forming.
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Next up was Grip, a band I had never seen before but heard
|
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about. They started off well, but I fell asleep in the middle of
|
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their set. Oh well, at that point anything was better than
|
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Eternal. Grip at times employed a nice soft melody while not
|
|
failing to show that they were still a hardcore band. It was
|
|
during Grip's set that the Hare Krishnas set up their little stand,
|
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which I was tempted to set on fire.
|
|
Of course the final band was Ashes, who provided a great
|
|
performance while entertaining the crowd with flying condoms. (?)
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|
Ok, so that was a bit unnecessary, and it wasn't entertaining, but
|
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as we all know, everything is sexual. During Ashes two stupid
|
|
motherfuckers decided to be cool and start a fight. Any asshole
|
|
who does this should be tied to the fucking metro tracks.
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|
Oh yeah, and to all you out there with a straight-edge
|
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philosophy, I say three things:
|
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1) It is fine to not do drugs, not eat meat, not have sex, blah
|
|
blah blah, but keep it to yourself. Don't keep telling me that
|
|
I'm bad because I eat a hamburger or because I want to fuck up my
|
|
brain cells. Go do something more productive.
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2) Stop smoking! If you dickheads are so anti-drug then how come
|
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you all smoke?
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3) Chill out.
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Zine reviews
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Nozone(utopia/dystopia) #4 $5
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A qroup of artists getting together to contemplate the subject of
|
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the issue. It was utopia this time. There were some great comics
|
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and such and a few essays. This is an amazingly done effort that
|
|
deserves support even at the hefty cover price.
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PO box 1124 Knickerbocker Station New York, New York 10002
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thwack! "Issue numba fo" 1.50
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GENERIC interviews and reviews, interviews and reviews. It did
|
|
have some stuf fon Scream, the best punk band in the universe, but
|
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overal it was short and predictable. Impersonal with respect to
|
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the editor/publisher/whatever you want to call him.
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PO Box 4911 Richmond VA 23220
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brikabrak #3 $.50???
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Pretty cool personal zine out of Calfornia. My brother is doing
|
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the maze (help brian out of his bad job) right now. Fine stuff if
|
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you're in the mood, and a wonderful article on keeping summer
|
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alive.
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|
4795 Jewel St. Capitola CA 95010
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The Lumpen Times Vol 2 # 13 $2.35
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Great Chicago area zine. Billboard improvement, legalization,
|
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etc and amazing local shit. Every city should have one,
|
|
2558 W. Armitage Ave. Chicago Ill. 60647
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chump! #2 "on the house"
|
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This issue: Richard Simmons, NO F/X, Rocket FTC, more, and some
|
|
music reviews. Being as it was free it was very good. I picked
|
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mine up at Smash, but there won't be any left by the time i
|
|
publish, so send 'em some stamps and ask for yer free issue. #3
|
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is out in June. I'd pay 50 cents if i was paying, as this is thin
|
|
and band interviews get boring after your 3rd or 4th zine. Still,
|
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a wonderful free publication. Not sure it'll stay free.
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1030 W. Franklin Street Suite 35 Richmond VA 23220
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Maximum Rock n Roll #131 $2
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If you haven't read MRR you haven't read MRR. Sorta the definative
|
|
punkzine, i trust most of you read it, but if you haven't it's easy
|
|
to find and worth the cash (less than a penny a page). Who cares
|
|
if it's half ads?
|
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In DC area go to Smash or Borders or Tower
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Washington Commie Spotter
|
|
Good, if extremely bitter, zine. It's short and to the point with
|
|
anarchy + punk philosophy and humor. The big summer issue is
|
|
coming out, wait for it.
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Small Victory #2 $1
|
|
One of the zines that inspired me to do this. Simply done but done
|
|
well. Vegan, mental health, more vegan, gay gene, vegan.
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Jan/UCSC, Kresege Box #443/600 Kresge Ct., Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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